Where can I learn to make these ornamental baroque flourishes that expand into harmoniously complex structures? I think there's a rule to it but I'm missing it completely. It can't be just by freehand, right? Whenever I try to do it on my own it looks rickety.
freehand, golden ratio
Here you go, OP. This is where I learned to do it. It's referred to as filigree, and is based on the leaves of the Acanthus.
https://books.google.com/books?id=MhJAAAAAIAAJ&dq=draw%20the%20acanthus&pg=PA59#v=onepage&q=draw%20the%20acanthus&f=false
>>300979
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https://ia902604.us.archive.org/26/items/guidefordrawinga00pagerich/guidefordrawinga00pagerich.pdf
>>300927
YEEEEAH !!! i mostly lurk and leech /ic/.
I'm currently working on a comic book including a lot of "baroque and rococo". it's 3:15 A.M. i'm bored to death and awaited to work at 8. For one time i come to /gd/ because you guys are sometimes inspiring, and... voilĂ , first page, first thread, something REALLY relevant.
Anon, thanks. Seriously, we are legion bleh bleh muh. Thanks.
>>300927
Look into French curve stencils. They help a lot wit this kind of work.